Bottle-washing machine.



P. D. LAIBLB.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION rnnn 0OT.19, 1906.

PA'I ENTED NOV 12, 1907.

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No. 870,730. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907. P. D. LAIBLE.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED 00119. 1906.

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PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

P. D. LAIBLE. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.-

APPLIOATIOH FILED 0OT.19. 1906..

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No. 870,730. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

P. 1). LAIBLE. BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT-19.1906.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR M/QMQ ATTORNEY PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES PHILIP D. LAIBLE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed October 19I 1906. Serial No. 339.657-

To all w hom it'irtay concern: Be it knownthat I, PHILIP D. LAIBLE, a citizen of i the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain ncwand useful Improvements in Bottle-Washing .Machines; and I do herebydeclare the following to #beka iull,. clear, and exact description of the invention, such ascvill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and the use the same, reference be'ing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters .of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification.

This machineis designed. to provide a device for washing bottles, and one that washes them by means of a brush on the insideand the outside, at the same a time feeding water to both these surfaces to'thoroughly cleanse the bottle: I

The machine is further designed to provide a means for locking the bottle in'place, and turning it while it is being washed, so that all points are scrubbed, and a .means is also furnished for ejecting. the bottle when it has passed through the machine, this ejecting means 4 remaining open long enough to allow the insertion of another bottle to be cleaned: i

This machine provides also, reciprocating brushes that travel in and out of the bottle while it is being washed, these brushes withdrawing entirely from the where the bottle is ejectedfrom' bottle at the point the machine.

- Another feature of the machine is the shutting off of the water supply-to the bottle cleaning means,

I when the bottle is at the point of its travel where it, is removed from the machine and a new one inserted. At the base .of the machine is arrahged a trough, and,

a means-for carrying off the water that drips from the bottles whilethey are being cleaned.

Theinvention is also designed to provide a carrier for bottles that is actuated by the machine, and feeds a bottle into the machine with certainty andfacilitates the insertion of bottles to the machine. This carrier is actuated by the machine andenables greater speed-- to be, maintained as bottles are fed to the carrier, and

the bottles that have been washed are delivered'iinto' a trough-that conducts them away from the machine." The invention is illustrated the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a half;section and half elevation ,6;

1 bottle machine. Fig. -2 is'a top'.view,' -and Fig.3 is a' horizontal section taken in line 3, 3, in Fig.

1.] Fig. 4 is a top view,' in detail, of the bottle holding and ejecting means, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the same. Fig, 6 is a section of thede vice for supplying. water to; themachine, and Fig. 7 is a section on line "7,7, in Big. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail, partly. in"'se ction, of, the carrier for the brush that travels-insidethe bottlef and Fig. 9.is a detail of the brush. Fig. 10 is a section shaft 14. This shaft 14 is secured to the gear wheel 15 whichmeshes and is driven by thege'ar wheel l6, this being operated by means of a suitable-belt on the drive pulley 17 which operates on the shaft 18, journaled in thebearinglf). Fastened' to the shaft 14is a gear wheel 29, which rotates a gear 21 this gear running idle and on the same shaft with the gear wheel 22, which in turn operates a gear wheel 23, the ratios of the gearsbeingsuch that the gear wheel 23 rotates slower than the shaft 14 and the gear wheel 20, this being possible by'th'e gear wheel 23 being loose on the shaft. The gear whee 23 serves to operate, by means of the spokes 25, the 'flat ring 26, and screwed in this ring are the sleeves 27 in which reciprocate the pipes 28, on the end of which are secured the bristles or brush 29 (see Fig. 9). This brushris mounted on the pipe, and the pipe is pro-' vided .with the perforations 30 to feed water-to the brushes during the cleansing operation. The'lower end of these pipes 28 project into the carriers 31 which are shown in detail in Fig.8, these barriers being carried upon the rods 32 on which they; reciprocate and which turn with the ring 26. The carriers are.

caused to reciprocate by means of the roller 33, each this track being supported on the uprights 36 integral ble pipes is attached to a rigid metallic pipe 39, these pipes and, others to be hereinafter described, being attached to a head 40. This head 40 goes on to the end off-the m ain water upply p pe Ll and has screwed thereto the thimble 42. rilslevcdfi is adapted to rotate on the thimble 42 and bears up against a flange 44 on the thimble, allthe parts being held together and in their relation by the nut 45, this structurebeing shown particularly in Figs. 6 and -7. Suitable outlets,

therotatable sleeve 43 provide passage for the water into the pipes to supply the brushes. The water is expected to be shut off, from the brushes, at a certain pointin their rotation, and to accomplish this, I pro- ,i'ide the interior of the thimble 42 with a lip 4Z,which roller traveling on the cam surface 34 of the track 35,

with the rim 37. A flexible pipe 38supplies water to.

the pip'e 28 through the carrier, andeach of these flexi- Shutsoff the water from the outlets while they are passing this point, The shutoff can be regulated by means whichare braced, at the top, by the plate 51. On one of these posts is arranged the lever' 52, in the end of which rotates the roller 53, this roller being so positioned that it assists in holding a bottle, and it is adjustable, as. to different sizes of bottles, by means of the bent rod 54 working through a lug 55 on the plate 51, the end of the rod being screw-threaded and receiv-.

. ing the nuts 56. The inner side of the bottle is held by the ring 57, (see Fig. l), which is provided with a strip of felt or similar material 58, and this ring, as before -described, rotating faster than the bottle holding means, causes the bottles to be spun around while they are traveling in the machine. On the other post 49 are arranged the eyes 59"and 60 which rotate on the post and support a brush 61 provided with the bristles 62. to wash the outside of the bottle on the sides.

with this structure is a hook 63 which is used to eject the bottle, the operation of which will be described hereinafter.

When the bottleis in place, it is held at the bottom, that is, at the neck, as the bottle is inverted, by the smaller rollers 64 which fit the neck and the small flat roller 65, which the bottle can be passed over, and a roller 69 to be hereinafter described'.

Referring to Fig. 2, the point of delivery and in abortion of the bottles is at a, and slightly to one side of this point is arranged a stop piece 66. A lug 67 on-the lever 68, of

the bottle holding means, when the. bottle is in place, is so arranged that the stop piece 66 is in the path of its travel, and when this lug hits' the stop, the lever is thrdwn around from the position shown in Fig. 4, to the position of the bottle holder at a in Fig. 2, the hook '63 swinging the bottle out so that it is in position to be lifted away from the machine, and as the machine is traveling, another bottle is inserted against the hook 63 and pushed in part way, and in the meantime the ejection of he previous bottle has operated, ,by means-of the lever 68, to swing a nose 72 that is pivoted at 73 and-projects out beyond the edge of the ring 26, and is turned down as at 74. When the bottle is ejected, this turned down part 74 is thrown in the path of the stop 66, and when it engages this stop, the nose 72 is operated, cons'equently the levers 68 and 68, the hook 63 retreats, and the brush 62 is swung to assist in holding the bottle and to bear against it for cleaning, and at the same time the small roller 69 engages the neck of the bottle, this roller being operated on account of its being attached to the end of the lever on the lever 68. This roller 69 holds the neck of the bottle snug up against the rolls 64 and 65. The arrangement is such that the bottle is held against displacement, but the rollers allow it to turn by reason of its contact with the covering of the ring 57. I

On the top of the bottle is arranged the brush arranged on the plate 81, and the pipe 79 feeds the water on the top of the bottle and to these brushes, and consequently to the side brushes 62 from the head 40 of the water pipe 41. When the bottle is in place, and hold- Integral passes on and the arm 91 of the ,recep'i acle preceding en ing means are locked to hold it, the-nose .72'isprevented from swinging back by reason of its enteringa detent 78 in the spring 77. This holds the nose 72, but not tight enough to prevent its being operated and swinging back to the dotted position shown in Fig. 4, when the lug 67 engages the stop 66. When the bottleis ejected from themachine, at the point a, or immediately before arriving at that point, the brush 29 must necessarily be out of the bottle, and this is done by allowing the carrier torun down the incline 71 and travel along the top edge of the rim 37. After another bottle has been inserted, in the machine, the carrier holding. that bottle. then passes up the incline 76and the brush for the in-- side of the bottle is again in place for cleaning, and then receives the reciprocations due to the sinuous track 35; The drippings from the bottles, for the most part, will go into the groove formed between the flange 11 of the frame 11 and the ring 37, and the posts 12 are preferably made hollow, and can be connected to a suitable system of piping to carry off this water from the machine.

In Figs. 11 and 12 is shown a carrier, mounted on the machine, to which bottles are fed, and which inserts the bottles in the machine positively and securely. The mechanism consists of a frame 82 which holds a series of circular strips 83 which tend to hold the bottles from falling out of the holders 84, except where they approach the machine. These holders 84 are mounted on the arms 85 and rotate on a shaft 86, this shaft being provided, at its bottom, with a detent 87, and an arm 88 actuated by a spring 89 fits in this detent and holds the carrier arms with the bottle holders in the normal positions shown in dotted outlinein'Fig; 11, the machine being illustrated in full lines at one point in its operation, the carrier thus having a mechanism to allow it to have a rotary step by step movement-a'nd'prevent its spinning. I I I In Fig. 11 the arm 68,passing the trough 90 has been operated by'the stop 66and has ejected a bottle into.the;:; trough 90. This bottle receptacle on themachine then gages a surface 92 of the arm 85 of the bottle holder. 84 preceding, and rotates the carrier to bring a bottle holder 84 opposite the bottle receptacle to be filled. Byreason of this bottle holder traveling on a smaller radius than the bottle receptacle; and thus a little faster,

' the cut-away portion 93 in the bottle holder allows the hook 63 to enter the bottle holder and engage the bottle therein and in this way slides the bottle into the grasp of the hook 63. By this time the elements have .passed slightly beyond tne positions shown in Fig. 11 and are close together. The neck of the bottle is thus caused to slide down between the rollers to engage it, asprevi ously described, the bottle now being free of the carrier and resting in the receptacle with its neck in place and being slightly out of the perpendicular. A second stop piece 95 is secured to the machine to engage the turned down portion 74 which operates, as hereinbefore de-,/.-

scribed, to close the bottle holding means on the mai chine, by means of the lovers 68 and 68, and at the same time throws the brushes 62 into place, and these brushes are utilizod't o complete the fixing of the bottle in the bottle holding means of the machine, by forcing it into place in a vertical position. The bottle is now locked into the machine, and the bottle holder 84 that it previously occupied is in the position b in 11, be- 1 bearing on the bottom or the bottle, a pipe ,feeding water to the lastmen'tloned brush, a pipe supporting the reclp ing held there by the action of the end of the arm 88 in the detent 87. The carrier will thus be seen to have a. step by step motion allowing ample time for the insertion of bottles in the holders 84;, and the apparatus se-' 'curely feeding the bottles to the machine without any liability of failure.

Each bottle holder as soon as emptied is in a position to cause its cam surface 92, to be engaged to rotate" the holder the required distance, by the arm 91 of the bottle receptacleit has filled. In this way the carrier is operated as the Washing machine is-operated, that is, simu taneously therewith. i Y

It will be obvious too, that I have devised a structure that is automatic in its operation, and that thoroughly scrubs the inside and the outside of the bottles, at all points, and furnishes a steady supply of water for this purpose. a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

ing means, a rotating circular carrier for the bottle'holdlng means, means for spinning the bottle while being rotated, means for supplying water to the exterior of the bottle during its rotation, means for supplying water to the interior or the bottle during its r'otation, a brush arranged to reciprocate inside the bottle during its rotation,

means to reciprocate the insldebrush means for ejecting the bottle at the completion of the rotation, and automatic means for shutting off the water supply, the reciprocating means withdrawing the brush from the bottle when the bottle is ejected. I U

2. A bottle washing machine comprising a bottle holdlng means, brushes'on the exterior of the bottle, brushes reciprocating on the interior of the bottle, means to reciprocate the inside brush means for rotating the bottle holding means, means for ejecting the bottle, means for withdrawing the brush trom.the bottle before the bottle is ejected, mechanism for supplying water ,to the inside and outside ot'the bottle, automatic means for shutting off the water supply, and manually operated means for adjusting the point of shut oif.

3. A bottle washing machine comprising a shaft, 8. ring on the shaft, a bottle holding means on the ring, a second ring supporting the bottle on the inside, means for supplying, water to the exterior and interior of the bottle, a reciprocating brush in the bottle, means to reciprocate the inside brush a latch for withdrawing the brushes tate the frame, means for scrubbing the bottle while it is' being, rotated, a circular trough under the frame, hollow posts supporting the trough and the machine for removing the water from the machine.

5. A bottle washing machine comprising a rotating frame, a bottle holding means on the frame, a reciprocating brush to enter the bottle, means to reciprocate the insidebrush a brush on'the outside ot-the bottle, a brush roosting brush and feeding water thereto, a hook to engage the bottle to eject it, mechanism for automatically actuating the hook means for shutting oi! the water supply when the bottle is ejected, means for withdrawing 1. A bottle washing machine comprising a bottle holdthe brush on the outside of the bottle, and menus for withdrawing the reciprocating 'brush when theonttle is ejected. t 6. Ina bottle washing machine, a bottle holder comprising-a frame, a. set of rolls for holding the neck of a bottle, a pair of supports, an adjustable roller on one support, a right'angled lever on theother support, a brush on the lever, a hook on the lever, a lug on the lever, and a lock to hold the elements in engagement with a bottle.

7. In a. bottle washing machine, a means tor holding an inverted bottle, comprising a 'support,, a pair of posts, an adjustable roller on one post, a brush and a hook swinging on the other post, land a lever to operate the brush and the hook.

'8. In a bottle washing" machine, a means for holding an inverted bottle comprising a support, a pair of posts, a roller on one post, means for adjusting the roller, a brush and a hook swinging onthe'other post, a lever to operate the brush and the. hook, a roller on the lever, and rollers on the support-for engaging the neck of a bottle.

9. In a bottle washing machine, a means for holding an inverted bottle comprising a'support, a roller on one post, means for adjusting the roiler, a brush and}! hook swinging on the other post,& lever to operate the brush and the hook, a second lever to operate the first lever in one direction and be operated by it in the other direction, and u lug on each lever to cause them to be tripped.

10. In a bottle washing machine, a means for holding an inverted bottle comprising a support, a roller on one post, means for adjusting the roller, 0. brush and a hook swinging onv the other post, a lever to operate the brush and the hook, a second lever to operatethe first lever in one direction. and be operated by it in the other direction, 0. lug on each lever tocanse them to he tripped, a brush spanning the posts, and a pipe feeding the brushes.

11. A bottle washing machine comprising a circular frame provided with bottle holding means, cleaning means on the machine, a. rotary carrier provided. with bottle holders, means on the machine to rotatethe bottle holders, and means for operating the bottle holding means on the machine to remove a bottle from the holders to the bottle holding means.

12.. A bottle washing machine comprising a circular frame provided with bottle holding means, a pivoted hook to eject the bottle from the machine, a stop on the machine to engnge'the hook and cause it to assume its normal position, a brush pivoted in the' bottle holding means to follow the hookQa carrier arrangedto rotate adjacent to the trame having bottle holders arranged to rotate therein,

means on the machine to rotate the carrier on the holders,

the retreating ot the hook o! the machine, and the movement of the'brush being adapted -to remove a bottle from the bottle holder to the bottle holding means of the machine. I I

13. In a bottle washing machine, a carrier comprising arms having bottloh'olders, means to retain bottles inthe vholders, a detent on the carrier-,a lever to engage the detent, and means" for causing an' intermittent rotary motion of the carrier.

14; In a bottle washing machine, a carrier comprising arms" having bottle holders on the ends, clrcular str-ips to retain bottles in the holders, the bottle holders having cut-away portions to allow the introduction of the ejector l'or the bottle, means tor driving the carrier with an intermittent rotary motion, and meansfor normally holding the carrier in a fixed position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have here- October 1906. llllllll -l). LAIBLE.

Witnesses: 4 1a A. Plane,

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